Stubborn Love: Lost In The Amazon (Sonadow)

Mission Accomplished?

Day 21 Part 2

“Shadow! Are you alright?” Sonic whimpered as he ran up to the crimson streaked hedgehog, ignoring the roaring beast trapped in the hole.

“Uuurgh!” Shadow hissed, squeezing his eyes tight and gritting his teeth as he gripped at his bleeding arm.

“I'll take that as a no.” Sonic whined, his ears dropping against his head as he witnessed the hedgehog in severe pain. “I'll get the first aid kit.”

“H-hurry.” Shadow whimpered, unable to comprehend this kind of pain.

Sonic nodded and quickly went back to his backpack, digging around for the first aid kit. While the blue was gone, Shadow removed his blood soaked glove away from the wound and gasped, suddenly understanding why it hurt so much.

The gash the Devil Dragon's teeth had left behind was long and deep, starting from his elbow and going down to his wrist, the gash wide enough to see the white bone underneath the skin, blackened in parts where the teeth had scraped against it. It was obvious that he needed some serious stitches, needle and thread, but their kit didn't have that, just butterfly stitches, which would not be enough.

One other thing… there was no way he could let Sonic see this.

“Uh, just give me the kit and I'll take care of the wound myself.” Shadow suggested.

“Are you sure?” Sonic asked unsurely, now holding the kit in his hands.

“Yes, I'm sure Sonic. Just give me the kit. I can take care of this myself. I want you to go ahead and start studying as much as you can about the Devil Dragon while I take care of this. Write down as much information as you can.”

“Well, alright then.” Sonic nodded as he handed the ebony hedgehog the first aid kit, going back to his backpack to grab out the pen and map, having to improvise the map for paper.

While Shadow tended to his wound, Sonic cautiously went up to the hole, peering over the ledge to stare down at the giant creature. The Devil Dragon looked up and hissed at him, saliva filled with blood poisoning bacteria dripping from its needle sharp fangs. Sonic shivered at the sight but refused to look away. This is what they were sent to do.

Now that the lizard was trapped Sonic could take a real good look at it without having to worry about it attacking him. As he stared at the creature, he admitted that Officer Charles’ math was more than likely correct.

It was like looking at a living breathing dinosaur. The Devil Dragon had the perfect body built of the Komodo Dragon with poisonous saliva to match it. It was 23 feet long from snout to tail tip, and easily weighed a little over 1300 pounds, he was surprised that the creature was able to hide so well.

“How in the world did we not see you?” Sonic whispered.

“What was that?” Shadow asked, coming up beside the blue hedgehog to study the creature as well. His whole arm was covered by a white bandage, his fingers the only things free to move. Some blood could be seen seeping through, but not as much as before since Shadow had used some of the butterfly stitches to close the wound as much as he could, and had wrapped the bandage around tightly to put the pressure over the wound to stop the bleeding.

“Oh, I’m just trying to figure out how we didn't see him earlier.” Sonic answered. “This thing is huge, Shads. It's like looking at a dinosaur.”

“Master of hide and seek, I guess.” Shadow frowned. “What have you gathered so far?”

“Well, it would appear that Officer Charles’ math was correct. From snout to tail tip, this Devil Dragon is definitely close to 23 feet. By his size he's definitely a little over 1300 pounds. His body has the perfect built of a Komodo Dragon with the teeth and bacteria filled saliva to match. Other than that, I didn't get anything else.”

“By looking at his eye I'd have to say that his vision is perfect… well, it would've been if I hadn't shot his eye. I'd have to say he has the sight distance of at least 13 feet, most likely halved due to the missing eye.”

“I noticed that when he attacked you he was surprisingly fast. His sprint speed I'd have to say must be at least 2.6 to 3 meters per second, that's 9.4 to 10.8 kilometers per hour. Also, with the damage he's done to your leg and arm, I can come to a conclusion that his teeth are not needle like, but rather like serrated blades. And look between his eyes, he has a small crest, no doubt it's used to communicate with other Devil Dragons, not that there are any others anyway.”

“Hopefully.” Shadow nodded, staring in disbelief at the azure hero. “You seem to really know a lot about this stuff.”

“... It pays to have a genius for a brother.” Sonic giggled.

Shadow could only chuckle at his boyfriend's answer before they both went back to studying the angry creature. After about another hour of observing the animal and writing down their findings, they had everything they possibly could've needed about the creature, enough to satisfy the Commander at G.U.N at least.

“I think we have just about everything.” Sonic voiced.

“I agree,” Shadow nodded, putting the first aid kit, the pen, and the map full of findings back into the bag. “Let’s get out of here and continue forth, we can still get about a quarter mile done before nightfall.”

“Wait, what about the Devil Dragon?” Sonic asked as he stood up with him. “What if he gets out?”

“He's not gonna get out, Sonic.” Shadow shook his head. “His claws don't have the right grip to them to climb out. He'll be stuck down there until we're long gone.”

“Well…” Sonic frowned, looking down at the struggling creature. “I guess you're right. Alright then, let's go.”

“That's my hedgehog.” Shadow smiled sweetly, picking up the their materials and handing Sonic his walking stick. “Onward then.”

“Onward.” Sonic giggled as they both began walking away, the Devil Dragon screeching behind them. “Mission accomplished?”

Shadow chuckled and looked back at him.

“Yeah… mission accomplished, once we get home.”

“And we will get home.” Sonic beamed. “Nothing can stop us now.”